Pantry or Scullery? A peek behind the scenes
Funny how things come full circle. In the Victorian era, most every upper and middle-class home boasted a Butler’s Pantry – a separate room where fine china and white linens were stored and, if you were seriously well-to-do, the butler spent countless hours ironing, polishing and buffing the silverware.Later the kitchen moved from the drudgery […]
That’s so 2024!
As the year gets into full swing, we take a look at six moves residential design is making… BOOKSHELF WEALTH They’re calling it the first major design trend of 2024 so, of course, it has a catchy rhyming name that rolls off the tongue. Bookshelf wealth, (in part driven by a post-pandemic need to nurture […]
2023 TIDA Kitchens – Highly Commended Award
Box™ Design Lead, Tim Hogarth receives an award for his kitchen design renovation in Ponsonby, Auckland. Anyone who has teenagers will understand the need for a home that is bigger than 100 square metres. When the owners bought their 1920s bungalow 16 years ago, adolescent antics weren’t part of the priority list. The client brief […]
Boxing Clever with Benchtops
Of the myriad decisions required when building your forever home, the kitchen benchtop is probably one of the more critical. Not only is it a significant visual feature in the open-plan living area but it must be functional for the way you and your family live. As a fulcrum of where aesthetics and amenity meet, […]
How Box™ makes smaller spaces feel larger
Small-home design is big news these days. A generation priced out of the real estate market has seen to that. It kicked off with the tiny house movement, morphed into a love affair with freedom courtesy the ‘van life’ brigade and even hitched up to our holidays where glamping became a glamour choice. Even if […]
Beneath the Branches
There aren’t many people in Auckland who get to live in the glorious shadow of a Pohutukawa planted by their father. This site close to the waterfront at St Heliers was special. For one thing, it had not been subdivided in recent years like so many others in this prime real-estate zone. For another, it […]
What’s afoot?
Well, quite a lot really. A fantabulous array of flooring options for a start. The choosing can be confusing, so here we give you our ground-zero take on the considerations for your new home: Cue the concrete Concrete floors aren’t suitable for houses built on piles: in effect, it’s the foundation slab that’s ground to […]
Counter Culture
Get the kitchen you deserve with these 8 great design ideas from Box.™ Shape of the moment: Once was a time when U-shaped kitchens were the most alphabetically attractive layout. The thinking was they delivered more storage. However, that extra space to hide clutter lies in the deep recesses of the U, so was always […]
Divine Details
After 15 years in business, Box™ is well-known as an architectural designer that stands out from the crowd. Getting the big-picture design working well – the orientation, the spatial qualities, the context – while making homes that look the business, is integral to what we do. But we also love figuring out the finer details […]
How the interiors process works
You’ve seen the interior house design projects by Box™ right? The way they look so cohesive and complete and well, just darn fantastic actually. We can’t take all the credit because, while our clients come to us for our design smarts, they generally tend to be the type that want a fair bit of say […]
